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Paralympic qualification on offer at IBSA Judo World Championships in Portugal

Odivelas in Portugal is set to host the International Blind Sports Federation Judo World Championships where competitors will be hoping to gain qualification points for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

The tournament at the Pavilhão Multiusos de Odivelas is due to start tomorrow and finish on Sunday (November 18).

Portugal last hosted the event in 2015 and will also give athletes the option to stay after these Championships for a training camp next week.

Six weight categories will be contested on day one, with the remaining seven individual events taking place on day two.

About the author

Florence joined insidethgames.biz in August 2018 after graduating from Durham University. Her first trip was to the 2018 World Judo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan where she ran the Live Blog. Florence is an alumnus of the BBC Kick Off internship and worked as a freelancer throughout BBC London. In addition to sport, Florence’s passion is travelling.

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Fact of the day

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.

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